chargeful

English

Etymology

charge +‎ -ful

Adjective

chargeful (comparative more chargeful, superlative most chargeful)

1. (obsolete) costly; expensive
   • c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

     the fineness of the gold and chargeful fashion

References

“chargeful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.